Category Advocacy
22 Oct

Hungary: International coalition to hold fact-finding mission amid media reforms

Press freedom groups to visit Budapest six months into new Tisza government: From November 4 to 6, 2026, a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations will travel to Hungary to learn about the ongoing media reform under the Tisza government and provide expert recommendations for rebuilding press freedom after years of backsliding.

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21 Oct

Serbia, Europe is watching: media freedom is a cornerstone of democratic elections.

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and Safe Journalists Network (SJN) ahead of the parliamentary elections on 25 October are alarmed by the spiral of violence against journalists and by the overall situation surrounding media freedom.

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19 Oct

ECPMF condemns violent attacks against journalists in Albania

ECPMF is alarmed by the attacks against journalists during the recent protests in Albania and condemns all acts of violence and obstruction targeting media professionals.

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16 Oct

Being a queer journalist in Russia: “We keep going despite everything”

Russian journalist Vadim Vaganov speaks to ECPMF about LGBTQ+ persecution, censorship, press freedom and life in exile.

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16 Oct

Malta: Press freedom groups lament another year passing without full justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder

On the ninth anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the undersigned international media freedom and journalist groups today lament that full justice for the car bomb assassination remains painfully elusive.

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15 Oct

Turkey: Trustee appointment at Halk TV must be reversed

The ECPMF and 12 press freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations call on the Turkish authorities to immediately end the takeover of Halk TV’s management and restore the broadcaster’s editorial independence. A criminal investigation into the channel’s owner cannot justify seizing control of a newsroom and silencing its coverage.

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12 Oct

Slovenia: Authorities urged to refrain from adopting changes that would weaken public media

On October 11, Slovenians will vote on a referendum on whether to abolish the licence fee that funds their public broadcaster. In addition, a draft law is moving forward that would give the government decisive influence over the body responsible for appointing the broadcaster’s management.

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12 Oct

MFRR condemns cyberattack on Mapping Media Freedom

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) condemn the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Mapping Media Freedom platform on 30 September and 1 October 2026 and express their solidarity with the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), which operates it.

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5 Oct

DDoS attack temporarily disrupts European platform documenting press freedom violations

Leipzig, October 2026 – Mapping Media Freedom, the platform operated by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), was the target of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on 1 October 2026.

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5 Oct

France mission report: Media freedom at critical juncture ahead of the 2027 presidential election

Although France enjoys a legal and regulatory framework which is generally supportive of media freedom, challenges are mounting ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) concluded in a new report published today.

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